Marc Racicot is an American attorney, lobbyist, politician and former member of the Republican Party who served as the 21st Governor of Montana from 1993 until 2001.
28 Facts About Marc Racicot
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Marc Racicot was chairman of the Republican National Committee from 2002 until 2003, when he was appointed as the chairman of the Bush re-election campaign.
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Marc Racicot's ancestors came to the Montana Territory in the 1860s.
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Marc Racicot was born to Bill and Pat Racicot on July 24,1948, in Thompson Falls.
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Marc Racicot was raised in Miles City, Montana, and Libby.
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Marc Racicot's father was a teacher, high school basketball coach, and track coach.
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Marc Racicot received a bachelor's degree in English from Carroll College in 1970.
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Marc Racicot was a starting basketball player in high school as well at Carroll College.
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Marc Racicot earned a JD degree in 1973 from the University of Montana School of Law in Missoula, Montana.
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Marc Racicot attended The JAG School at the University of Virginia and entered US Army JAG Corps.
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Marc Racicot was immediately assigned as a prosecutor in the Army JAG Corps from 1973 to 1976.
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Marc Racicot was stationed in West Germany where he served as Chief Prosecutor for the largest US military jurisdiction in Europe.
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Marc Racicot became the deputy county attorney for Missoula County from 1976 to 1977.
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Marc Racicot convicted Don and Dan Nichols, who both abducted Kari Swenson, an Olympic athlete, and murdered a would-be rescuer.
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Marc Racicot was the special prosecutor in the 1984 murder trial of Barry Beach, who was convicted of killing teenager Kim Nees near Poplar, Montana, in 1979, at age 17, and was sentenced to life without parole.
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Beach maintains that he is innocent and that his confession was coerced, while Marc Racicot is convinced of his guilt.
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Beach's petitions for clemency to the state Board of Pardons and Parole were opposed by Marc Racicot, but supported by other prominent Montanans, such as Jon Tester and Brian Schweitzer.
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At a clemency hearing, Marc Racicot acknowledged that law enforcement had created a "mess" by contaminating the crime scene, but testified that Beach's detailed confession was strong evidence of his guilt, and disputed the plausibility of alternate accounts of Nees' murder.
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Marc Racicot then competed with Democratic State Representative Dorothy Bradley of Bozeman.
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Marc Racicot was challenged in the general election by long-time state State Senator Chet Blaylock.
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Polls showed that Marc Racicot maintained a sizable lead over Blaylock during the campaign.
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Marc Racicot was one of Bush's earliest supporters and was a very effective spokesman for the Bush campaign in the recount debacle.
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Marc Racicot was extremely successful as the Republican party performed very well in the 2002 midterm elections.
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Marc Racicot was the Chairman of Bush's re-election campaign from 2003 to 2004, the entire election cycle.
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Marc Racicot was president of the American Insurance Association, an insurance industry lobbying group from June 13,2005 to February 1,2009.
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Marc Racicot is a member of the board of directors of MassMutual, Weyerhaeuser and Jobs for America's Graduates, Marc Racicot was formerly a member of the Board of Visitors for the University of Montana School of Law.
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Marc Racicot is a past member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service and United Way, and was a member of the Carroll College Board of Trustees.
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In 2020, Marc Racicot was a strident supporter of Joe Biden.